Rudolf Meier
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
Biodiversity science in the 21st century: Diptera, Natural History, Phylogenetics, Oxford Nanopore, genomics, metagenomics, NGS barcoding, metabarcoding.
Halloween News: Meet a new vampire fly (Hippoboscidae) 🧛♂🪰 1 of 10 species found on citizen-reported bird carcasses in Singapore: Even dead birds can have productive afterlives! See host records, annotated images, pictorial keys & DNA diagnostics here: doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Halloween News: Meet a new vampire fly (Hippoboscidae) 🧛♂🪰 1 of 10 species found on citizen-reported bird carcasses in Singapore: Even dead birds can have productive afterlives! See host records, annotated images, pictorial keys & DNA diagnostics here: doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...
The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚫 Farewell to species descriptions with consensus barcodes.
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚫 Farewell to species descriptions with consensus barcodes.
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
UITOTO for taxonomy. Get your molecular diagnoses right without coding or breaking a sweat! Use state-specific, contrastive DMCs instead of fuzzy consensus barcodes!
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
April 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
UITOTO for taxonomy. Get your molecular diagnoses right without coding or breaking a sweat! Use state-specific, contrastive DMCs instead of fuzzy consensus barcodes!
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Species- versus specimen-level congruence between DNA barcodes and morphology. Species-level dominates papers but specimen-level matters more for sample evaluation. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes..." in Ann Rev Ent: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
March 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Species- versus specimen-level congruence between DNA barcodes and morphology. Species-level dominates papers but specimen-level matters more for sample evaluation. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes..." in Ann Rev Ent: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Malaise traps in Singapore now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Malaise traps in Singapore now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Malaise Trap Polka Dots vs. Biodiversity Smudge: Similar latitudinal data deficiency gradients for DNA barcodes and all data. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" Ann. Rev. Entomol.: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Malaise Trap Polka Dots vs. Biodiversity Smudge: Similar latitudinal data deficiency gradients for DNA barcodes and all data. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" Ann. Rev. Entomol.: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
"Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" Who uses insect DNA barcodes for which taxa? The usual suspects dominate... Now in Annual Review of Entomology: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
February 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" Who uses insect DNA barcodes for which taxa? The usual suspects dominate... Now in Annual Review of Entomology: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...
January 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...